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Harper, Robyn – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2018
Ever wonder why teenagers are so quick to adopt Instagram, Snapchat, and other forms of social media? Or take up X Games sports such as skateboarding and snowboarding? This Alliance for Excellent Education report explains how changes in the brain make adolescents more likely to be influenced by their peers, take risks, and even become disengaged…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Learning, Risk
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Lindell, Anna K.; Campione-Barr, Nicole – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2017
During childhood, older siblings typically hold a more powerful position in their relationship with their younger siblings, but these relationships are thought to become more egalitarian during adolescence as siblings begin to prepare for their relationships as adults and as younger siblings become more socially and cognitively competent. Little…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Power Structure, Adolescent Development, Longitudinal Studies
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James L. Merle; Madeline F. Larson; Clayton R. Cook – Grantee Submission, 2023
Social-emotional learning (SEL) and character education are important components of adolescent development. In this study, we evaluated a randomized controlled trial of CharacterStrong, a curriculum that combines SEL and character education that included 1609 students and 242 teachers across 14 schools. This study applied baseline target…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Social Emotional Learning, Values Education, Self Efficacy